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[beautiful_monster]

Are these jobs the Americans give out for real? I thought after school coaches were all volunteers. Are people really going to pay for that?

Another question: what's the deal with America and Russia? Kind of doubt I'm going to get a straight answer out of these two.

[There's an image attached to the message—a candid shot of a pair of shameless lovebirds. Yurio can be seen at the very edge of the image looking decidedly unimpressed with them. Don't they know there are serious issues to discuss??]

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[tacticianing]

Mine was real. I can't speak for any others.

About your second question, America and Russia are at war.

[beautiful_monster]

How bad is it?

The war.

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[matataku]

Earth has a saying: "When in Rome, do as the Romans do". Payment for something that was originally free isn't so bad, right?


As for your second question...the Cold War between America and Russia is still going on even in this year. Alternate universe is I guess a proper term.


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Are you familiar with Katsuki-san?

[beautiful_monster]

It's not. Just weird.

Viktor mentioned that, but he was pretty vague... I'm from the same world as him and Katsudon.

[fourlevels]

[ Guess who's texting from the same damn house. ]

All you had to do was ask us, you know ...

[beautiful_monster]

Viktor you're not even an entire room away.

Do you even know anything about the war?

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[ghoulking]

Yes, they are. All jobs the government gives to new imPorts are real, ut you do not have to accept them.

As for the war, as Gran as told you, it started as a cold war, but since last year in January, it is now full hot war. The Russians invaded the country, kidnapped, brainwashed and tortured imPorts.

[beautiful_monster]

[Ah. He'd heard about the kidnapping, but brainwashing and torture is new information. It adds a new depth to the uneasy pit in his stomach over the whole thing.]

What the hell!

But that was last year? Have they done anything since??

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[nextlevel]

[ Viktor might be the type to text from the same room, but Yuuri will just look up from what he's doing and talk. You nerds. ]

When did you take that picture ...

[beautiful_monster]

[Yuri doesn't even bother to look up from his phone; probably in the midst of text banter with Viktor.]

Obviously when you weren't paying attention.

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[ret2go]

I guess. They're actually paying me.

I don't know why; I don't know the first thing about being a hairdresser.

[beautiful_monster]

Well it's not like that's hard, is it? It's just cutting hair.

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[unbreaker]

wait, you got a coaching job? for real??

that's so lucky!

some of the jobs they give out are pretty bogus, but coaching is great!

[beautiful_monster]

Yeah, but it's just for some kids. [Says the actual child.]

I don't know much about roller derby either. I need to do some research if I'm going to be any good at it.

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[apotheoppose]

I guess the government's going to pick up that particular bill.

[beautiful_monster]

Seems like they're picking up all our bills. They gave us free housing too.

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[dejerate]

back home I was in the military. Here, I drive an ice cream truck. Who knows how they choose the jobs, but yeah. They're real.

As for Russia, well. Things are tense. But I guess Yuuri and Viktor have been here a bit so they've heard all this before.

[Says the idiot dense enough that he....probably still hasn't clicked that the two are in a relationship. Somehow.]

[beautiful_monster]

That doesn't even make sense... At least roller derby and figure skating are both based around SKATING.

Of course they have. [Maybe Yuuri has, at least.] But they haven't told me much about it.

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[devoutish]

Privyet.

[Sorry for the terrible on-the-fly Russian transliteration, Yuri.]

Always funny to see them bringing in Russian imPorts.

[beautiful_monster]

Privyet. [It's decent enough to get the intent across, and a little appreciated.]

Have there been many others?

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[leaflets]

The jobs aren't too bad! I work at a bookstore, and it's kind of nice.

[beautiful_monster]

That does sound pretty peaceful. You got lucky if you like that kind of thing.

[picksthenames]

THIS. for real! im starting to wonder what the government heads are smoking, assigning us whack jobs like these. theyve got me writing a baby name almanac, which, i mean, i guess i get what theyre going for, but its all a huge joke and a waste of my supreme talents.

[beautiful_monster]

Are you serious? That's an insult to anyone! What kind of lame job is that?

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[abandon_hope]

[ Here's a guy about Yuri's age. Rocking the goth look pretty hard here. Sorry, he doesn't do text. ]

They can be. But they're all stupid. I just don't spend a lot of money and I'm fine not working it.

[beautiful_monster]

[There's a long delay before Yurio finally decides to go ahead and switch his video on too. He's sprawled on a couch with a very fluffy cat draped across his lap.]

I could do that, but I think I want to try it for a while. The coaching experience could be good to have.